Everyone can benefit from a little advice and support at the right time. Choosing a licensing jurisdiction for a business that inherently crosses borders and markets can be difficult, and complex. This is particularly true for ...

Everyone can benefit from a little advice and support at the right time. Private and commercial owners, marine lawyers, yacht managers, and brokers all need to be aware of the importance of proper ownership structures for holding ...

Malta has had the honour of hosting its first European Aviation Authorities’ Chief Medical Officers’ (CMO) Forum. This forum together with Malta’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, makes it a most memorable occasion. The ...

Crackdowns on offshore yacht structures are becoming more common across Europe, with new withholding taxes coming into play in France and Spain. Yacht owners and managers, particularly those with yacht leasing schemes, would be wise to ...

The Maltese islands lie at the heart of the Mediterranean Sea and have long been a perfect setting for a mixture of people from all backgrounds to unite in a multicultural setting. Since 2004, Malta has been a full member of the ...

Some people have this strange idea that you can run an online company from anywhere, because that’s the point of being online, right? Those of us in the business know better. The internet may know no borders, but regulations, fiscal ...

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union on the 23 June 2016 referendum has brought about a great deal of uncertainty regarding tax, legal, and operational matters for the UK. This uncertainty has now continued for several months, ...

Ever since the times of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and Romans, Malta’s geographic position always gave the island a special strategic importance – whether the issue was trade, war or pleasure. Being only two days’ sail ...

I spend a considerable portion of my work week talking to wealthy individuals considering Malta as a place to do business and/or to personally relocate. The latter is usually due to the very popular Malta Individual Investor Programme ...

In recent years opportunities have become available for high net worth individuals from outside of the European Union to become EU citizens, through the introduction of various citizenship programmes. These are not an entirely new idea ...

Back in 2012, Malta was riding a wave of success in the yachting industry, which had been brought about by its renowned yacht leasing structures. The jurisdiction was keen to replicate these benefits within the aviation industry and ...

From the 1960s onwards the Maltese Islands have seen a steady influx of foreigners looking to make a new home there. This is usually down to its enticing combination of a typical Mediterranean climate, high standards of health care and ...

Over the course of the last several years, an increasing number of international groups have chosen to locate their holding companies in Malta. There are five key reasons for this: Participation Exemption Firstly, for several years now ...

Malta yachting business has never been slow; it is one of the world’s most popular jurisdictions and the largest flag registry in the EU. Nevertheless, there seems to have been a surge in interest recently that is keeping those of us ...

The dust has now settled from the surprise outright Conservative victory in the UK's general election in May and the resulting summer budget from George Osborne. The swift cutting of permanent non-dom status, however, continues to have ...

The new Malta Residence and Visa Programme Regulations, 2015 have recently been launched through a Legal Notice published on the 28th of August 2015. The new programme follows on the success of the Malta Individual Investor ...

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